U+0BC7 "ே" Tamil Vowel Sign Ee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0BC7 "ே" Tamil Vowel Sign Ee is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tamil script to represent the long vowel sound "ee" (as in the English word "see"). It is classified as a spacing combining mark, meaning it occupies its own visible space and is placed visually to the right of a Tamil consonant character, extending the inherent vowel of that consonant from a short 'e' or 'a' sound to the long 'ee' sound. This character is integral to forming various syllables in the Tamil language and is commonly encountered in writing across various contexts, from everyday vocabulary to classical literature.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0BC7
Name
Tamil Vowel Sign Ee
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ே
HTML Hex Encoding
ே
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE0 0xAF 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0BC7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000BC7
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0bc7
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Tamil